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The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

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An e-reader you can open like a book.

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The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

www.theverge.com /news/650922/readmoo-e-ink-mooink-v-color-folding-screen-ereader

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The mooInk V includes a reading mode allowing it to be held half-folded like a paperback.

The ereader has a reading mode?? This changes everything!
Can we just get a thin tablet like e reader with small bevels that can run any normal OS? Android or Linux? Ik they are some but they are mostly Chinese with proprietary hardware and software…
- Onyx Boox runs android
  
  No custom roms
- How would american with proprietary chinese hardware and software change anything for you?
  
  I like to have control over my computing platforms? And I don’t like to have my shit break when they completely abandon the platform a couple months down the road? That’s why I want FOSS solutions.
Who asked for this, I don't expect many people want a pocket able e reader to carry around every day, I carry my tiny shitty old Kindle in my backpack if needed, otherwise I just listen to audio books or read ebooks on my phone. But the foldable technolog itself is interesting and could have some novel applications down the line
- I bought a Kobo Clara hd (6") especially for the reason to be able to carry it around in a pocket so that I can always have it on me
- Me* listen, it's just one of those things you have to try for yourself, when I got my first foldy phone I didn't get it specifically for reading (I had other more important use cases in mind) but man when I used it for the first time to read a book it was AMAZING to be able to hold it like a book.
  
  Idk maybe I'm weird, but it's the little things like that lol
  
  *But I want an eink version, but that might be a ways off :(
reaches the 200,001th bend

snap

Damnit!
The cynic in me wants to know: Once purchased, will it, and any media it might contain at any time, be under the sole control of the purchaser?

If not, it's definitely not worth buying.
- Did some searching, and all of Readmoo's previous devices run Android. So you aren't forced to buy any books from them. Install whatever reading app you want and get your books with whatever method you choose.
- My hope is that they just put android on it so I can just sync it with whatever like nextcloud, or at least callibre support. Then I would just never enable wifi and sync it with my desktop.
- Since it's from china, some security trust issues aside, musing from perspectives of OnePlus and Onyx Boox, yep, you completely control the device and what you put on it.
  
  Who wouldn’t want a safe, secure America ereader. A country that takes care of their citizens. Spreads freedom. Values privacy. A good Christian nation, definitely not ran by the rich. Yikes. “China bad.”
- I'll wait until Kobo makes one
  
  Do you have a kobo? I’m wondering how much people enjoy reading with them. I’ve got an older Kindle that I was able to jailbreak, but I was looking for something a little simpler to maintain.
I hear if you fold it 42 times it’s thick enough to reach the moon
Yeah, OLED isn't really the best choice for an e-reader.

There's a reason e-ink is a thing.
- "The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends."
  
  You could at least read the sub heading
  
  Yeah that’s great but I really don’t want OLED on an ereader.
I never understood why nobody made an E reader that you could read “like a book” that just had two screens and a hinge
- While that sounds cool to me, it kind of defeats my main purpose of switching to an e-reader in the first place. I have trouble holding physical books for a long time due to hand pain. I had a similar issue with the e-reader, just not as bad, until I put a PopSocket on the back of it. Now I can hold it with the PopSocket resting in-between 2 fingers and can read significantly longer.
- Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?
  
  I read a lot of technical material that has lots of diagrams and it’s difficult with an E reader paging back-and-forth between the text and the diagram that I’m trying to understand
  
  for the vibes of course, not everything has to be optimised for practicality
- Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.
  
  The Surface Duo really does make a great e-reader.
- You would think at least the Chinese brands would try it.
Where can I get notified when this is available ? 🤔
Interesting! I just recently upgraded my old 6" Kindle to a 7" Kobo. I'm very happy about it, and the extra size is nice. If a more portable reader that doesn't compromise on screen size exists when I'm ready to upgrade next I'm all for it
My eyes are dying already!

Make it smaller
Can I play DOOM on it?
- It'll probably run Android, so yes, but your eyes will bleed from the ghosting.
- You can read it!
  
  DOOM choose your own adventure style e-book?
I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven't read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.
- I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven't read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.
  
  I don’t know whether this is sarcasm or not, can’t figure it out. But if isn’t, well, I suppose they won’t.
  
  Reading is usually for oneself and not to show off, so I assume, people who purchase such a thing wouldn’t care about showing off.
  
  I like reading normal books but, I currently prefer devices (I.E screens) because it’s easier to carry around, multiple books possible and less preying eyes “what are you reading”.
  
  It was a joke, an old running one, making light of people (frequently resurrected among Millenials) who have books on display. The jest is that people like to display books they'll never read in order to look smarter. Like the old trope of wearing glasses achieving the same goal.
- Thats funny, my lemmy automatically upvotes my own posts but yours aint.
  
  I manually remove the auto upvote:D

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